Upgrade CI server version to v24.4 (#568)

Author: Siting Ren

.github/workflows/ci.yaml

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           docker run -d -p 5433:5433 -p 5444:5444 \
             --name vertica_docker --network my-network \
-            opentext/vertica-ce:24.3.0-2
+            opentext/vertica-ce:24.4.0-0
           echo "Vertica startup ..."
           until docker exec vertica_docker test -f /data/vertica/VMart/agent_start.out; do \
             echo "..."; \

README.md

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 Please check out [release notes](https://github.com/vertica/vertica-python/releases) to learn about the latest improvements.
 
-vertica-python has been tested with Vertica 24.3.0 and Python 3.8/3.9/3.10/3.11/3.12/3.13. Feel free to submit issues and/or pull requests (Read up on our [contributing guidelines](#contributing-guidelines)).
+vertica-python has been tested with Vertica 24.4.0 and Python 3.8/3.9/3.10/3.11/3.12/3.13. Feel free to submit issues and/or pull requests (Read up on our [contributing guidelines](#contributing-guidelines)).
 
 
 ## Installation